by admin | Jun 14, 2002 | General news
During torrential rainfall, the team was put on standby by both GMAS and LAS. Apparently 51mm of rain fell that day. The average for June is 41mm over 2 weeks! Whilst the team was on standby in Westhoughton, we were only called to attend one incident, involving a...
by admin | Jun 13, 2002 | General news
Today Mrs. Christine Noone, together with her daughter and several of her friends, visited our Overdale base. Christine had recently presented to the team a substantial sum of money in memory of her late husband, Peter. It had been the specific request of Christine...
by admin | Jun 8, 2002 | General news
Further to our earlier report on the MRC Casualty Care Certificate Course, we can happily report another 4 team members have passed their examinations, giving the team 29 successful passes on this very intensive course.
by admin | Jun 8, 2002 | General news
Over three separate evenings in early June, (whilst off duty) Sgt. Ray Riley of GMP Traffic, Wigan, took out 9 team members for “commentary” and emergency response driver awareness training in BM1, one of our two First Response Landrover ambulances. The...
by admin | Jun 8, 2002 | 2002, Incident
Today the team was asked by Greater Manchester Police for assistance with a 7 year old who had gone missing in Salford. Fortunately he was found unharmed very shortly after.